2011年GCT考试英语真题.doc

2011年GCT考试英语真题第四部分外语运用能力测试（英语）A卷（50题，每小题2分，满分100分）Part OneVocabulary and StructureDirections:There are ten incomplete sentences in this part. For each sentence there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose the one that best completes the sentence. Mark your answer on the ANSWER SHEET with a single line through the center.1. If the car you have rented is clearly unsatisfactory, you can always it for another.A. shiftB. exchangeC. switch D. replace2. Every manager needs a secretary that he can to take care of something that may occur in his absence.A. bring onB. hold onC. count on D. focus on3. The shirt is a real bargain because it is good in quality and in price.A. valuableB. remarkableC. available D. reasonable4. Shopping for cloths is not the same experience for a man it is for a woman.A. whenB. that C. as D. than5. Nina back home if she had known that her husband would go to the bus stop to meet her.A. couldnt have walkedB. shouldnt have walkedC. mustnt have walkedD. wouldnt have walked6. A news report is usually very short, when it is about something very important.A. besidesB. exceptC. apart from D. except for7. In this advanced course, students are required to take performance tests at monthly .A. gapsB. lengthsC. distances D. intervals8. American women were the right to vote until 1920.A. ignoredB. refusedC. derived D. denied9. Seldom any mistakes during my past few years of working there.A. would I makeB. have I madeC. I made D. shall I make10. The proposal seems to oppose the government economic policy.A. designedB. to designC. have designedD. to have designedPart TwoReading ComprehensionDirections:In this part there are three passages and one chart, each followed by five questions or unfinished statements. For each of them, there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose the best one and mark your answer on the ANSWER SHEET with a single line through the center.Questions 11-15 are based on the following passage:Happiness is becoming a huge area in psychological research and even in government policy, with the UK government exploring a “happiness index”. It is tough, though, to define exactly what happiness is, and what makes us happy.There are two broad ways of looking at happiness: short-term happiness (a great cookie, a bottle of wine) and long-happiness (financial security, achieving your goals). Both types of happiness are valid, and important. The problem is, theyre often in competition.Lets say youve got a goal of losing 50 pounds this year. You know youd be happier and healthier if you werent carrying that extra weight. To achieve long-term happiness, you need to go on a diet. In the short-term, though, its not that easy. A chocolate cake, or a large glass of wine, might just the thing to cheer you up at the end of a long day - or to celebrate with friends. Its the same with lots of other goals.If youve got a tendency to prioritize long-term happiness at the expense of day-to-day pleasures, you should start looking for some small ways to bring a little joy back into your life. I am not suggesting that you go out and get drunk every night, or that you stuff yourself with cake. There are a plenty of other ways to enjoy yourself. Dont pin all your hopes of happiness on some far-off future, though. Theres no point working a 60-hour week and making yourself thoroughly miserable in the belief that things will be perfect as soon as possible youre making a six-figure salary.11. A proper title for the passage is A. Happy Thereafter.B. Beyond Happiness.C. Happiness in. Happiness Out.D. Happy now or in the Future?12. Paragraph is mainly about .A. what makes us happyB. how to understand happinessC. how can we be happierD. what happiness can bring us13. The example in paragraph 3 is meant to emphasize that .A. both short-term happiness and long-term happiness is importantB. we tend to seek short-term happiness instead of long-term happinessC. people prefer long-term happiness to short-term happinessD. short-term happiness may contradict long-term happiness14. The word “prioritize” (last paragraph) probably means “ ”.A. treat something as more important than othersB. improve something s value or qualityC. put extra emphasis on somethingD. look for something that is difficult to find15. The author suggests in the last paragraph that sacrificing short-term happiness for long-term happiness .A. works wellB. can be justifiedC. is not worthwhileD. makes no differenceQuestions 16-20 are based on the following passage:Thanks to the introduction of new drugs, many of the early problem in organ transplants, such as tissue rejection, have, to a great extent, now been solved. However, there remains a major problem. The people in need of transplant surgery far outnumber the available organs.Many countries, such as Britain, have huge waiting lists people whose lives could be saved by being given a kidney, lung, heart or liver transplant. Sadly, many of them die before they research the top of the list.Under the present British policy, people are asked to carry donor (捐赠人) cards, and or put their names on the national donor register. Thus, if they lost their lives suddenly, for example, in a traffic accident, they have given permissions in advance of their death for their organs to be used. If they have not given done so, surgeons are faced with the task of asking the grieved relatives for permissions to use the organs of the dead. Of course, often the relatives are too upset even to think of such a thing until it is too late. Organ transplants have to take place quite soon after the death of the donor.Dying and donating organs is not something most of us like to think about, and only about 14% of people have registered. Now it has been suggested that, instead of the present register, there should be a register of potential donors who havent made up their minds.16. Nowadays a major problem in transplant surgery .A. the shortage of qualified doctorsB. the lack of transplant organsC. tissue rejectionD. immature techniques17. It can be inferred from the passage that transplant organ most likely come from .A. people who die in fatal accidentB. criminals who are sentenced to deathC. patients who die from serious diseaseD. people who are mentally healthy18. What is the advantage of registering in advance to donate organs?A. The transplant may take place soon after the death of the donor.B. The donors relatives would agree with the surgery.C. More people would choose donation of their organs after death.D. Surgeons will not be liable to any legal consequences.19. The low percentage of people who have registered to donate organs indicates that .A. the present register system doesnt workB. dying and donating organs is an unpleasant issueC. very few people know how to donate their organsD. permissions from relatives is hard to obtain20. What has been proposed to get more donors organs?A. Asking more people to register to donate organs after death.B. Having more people carry donor cards when they get around.C. Encouraging more people to consider organs donation through registering.D. Getting more people to donate organs by offering huge monetary rewards.Question 21-25 are based on the following passage:Recently, the Americans Health Association surveyed 1,000 people nationwide about their thoughts on sodium and heart health. 61% said that they believe sea salt is low-sodium alternative to table salt. They can be forgiven to thinking so. Sea salt is marked as a healthy food, added to soups, potato chips and a wide variety of packaged snacks labeled “low sodium” and “healthy”. But in reality, sea salt and table salt are not terribly different, at least chemically. The real differences are in how the two are used in cooking.Table salt comes from underground salt deposits. Companies that sell it typically add something to keep it from clumping (结块). During processing, table is stripped of many of its natural minerals. Seat salt, on the other hand, is made from evaporated seawater. With little processing, it retains most of its mineral, which some cooks say give it a better flavor.But both contains the same amount of sodium chloride (氧化钠) by weight, which means they contribute equally to totally sodium consumption and have the same effect on blood pressure. Officials recommend that adults consume no more than 2.300 milligrams of sodium a day, equivalent to a teaspoon salt. You should eat less if you are black, hypertensive (患高血压的) or older than 40. Yet most Americans consume more than double the amount they need, mostly processed foods, so it is best to limit salt - Of any kind.21. According the survey, more than half the people believer that .A. table salt should be used in cookingB. it is necessary to eat sea productC. sea salt is high-sodium productD. sea is a healthier choice than table salt22. The different between table salt and tea salt lies in that table salt _.A. contains more natural minerals than sea saltB. forms clumps more easily than sea saltC. taste better than sea saltD. goes through less processing than sea salt23. The word “strip” in Para. 2 is closest in meaning to “ ”.A. breakB. addC. remove D. change24. According to the passage, the proper amount of salt consumption is related to ones _.A. appetiteB. ageC. sex D. weight25. According to the passage, Americans .A. consume much more salt than they actually needB. consume about 2.300 milligrams of salt a dayC. prefer fresh food to salted processed foodD. try to limit their salt consumption of any kindQuestions 26-30 are based on the following chart:Position OpenAdvertise PositionReview applicantsFollow-up, filling NO YESinterviewConsiderother optionsMake job offersCall, filling NONO Offer job toalternate YESCom. offer YESApplicants accept offerReview other interviewsContract, trainingNO YES 26. A proper title for the chart is “ ”.A. Schedule Chart for Job HuntingB. Flow Chart for Recruitment ProcessC. Descriptive Chart for an Open PositionD. Organization Chart for a Hunting Company27. The chart is probably designed for .A. job applicantsB. school graduatesC. the company general managerD. the human resources department28. What happens right after the interview?A. The company will review other interviewees.B. The company will notify who get an offer.C. The applicants will confirm job offers with the company.D. The applicants will call in to check whether they get the offer.29. A work contract is signed when . A. all options have been considered B. there is no more interviewee to review C. the applicant accepts the companys offer D. the company finishes training for its new staff30. What does “Com.” in “Com. Offer” possibly mean?A. ConfirmB. CompanyC. Compensate D. CommunicatePart ThreeClozeDirections:There are ten blanks in the following passage. For each numbered blank, there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose the best one and mark your answer on the ANSWER SHEET with a single line through the center.Where do our favorite foods come from? The truth may 31 you. Did you know curry (咖喱) isnt Indian? Did you know Americans werent the 32 to eat hamburgers? Or did you know pizza wasnt created in Italy?First, lets talk about curry. Many people think the English found out about curry from people in India in the 1600s. But 33 , wealthy English people were cooking with curry spices hundreds of years 34 British ships traveled to India. In fact, the word “curry” can be found in the English language as far back as 1377. Cooks of wealthy English families created curry dishes, and later these 35 caught on in other parts of England. 36 pizza, this dish was probably first made in Persia (what is now Iran). The Persians were eating round, flat bread with cheese in the 500s nearly one thousand years before pizza caught on in Naples, Italy!Finally, lets look at the truth behind 37 . Many people think hamburgers are an American food. However, 38 some stories, hamburgers came from Hamburg, Germany. A German named Ouo Kuasw made the first hamburgers in 1891. Four years later, German sailors 39 hamburgers to Americans.Where foods come from isnt nearly as 40 as how they taste delicious! So, go get some of your favorite food and dig in.31. A. upset B. surprise C. annoy D. inspire32. A. ones B. lastC. first D. nation33. A. in detail B. in short C. in turn D. in reality34. A. before B. afterC. when D. while35. A. cooks B. familiesC. dishes D. places36. A. Compared toB. As for C. But for D. In addition to37. A. chips B. pizzaC. curry D. hamburgers38. A. according to B. owing to C. in case of D. in spite of39. A. carried B. introducedC. transported D. moved40. A. good B. far C. important D. longPart FourDialogue CompletionDirections:In this part, there are ten short incomplete dialogues between two speakers, each followed by four choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose the one that most appropriately suits the conversational context and the best completes the dialogue. Mark your answer on the ANSWER SHEET with a single line through the center.41. A: I went to a date with Sammy last weekend.B: Really? ?A: I couldnt ask for a better night.A. Is she niceB. How was itC. Is it a beautiful nightD. Did you like her42. Student: How long can I keep the book?Librarian: . A. Any period longer than four weeks, you will be fined B. You can check it on the computer over thereC. Four weeks, but you can renew it if you need it longerD. At most four weeks if you dont mind43. A: Hello, Ann, do you still remember you said youd like t